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All The Way
The A.R.T. pulses this September with the electricity of a powerful hit. The energy of the full house crowd at last night’s preview of All the Way was palpable; it surged when the cast took their places on the stately … Continue reading
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Tagged A.R.T., All the Way, American Repertory Theater, Betsy Aidern, Bobby Kennedy, Bryan Cranston, Cambridge, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Diane Paulus, George Wallace, Hubert Humphrey, LBJ, Lurleen Wallace, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Muriel Humphrey, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Pippin, Porgy and Bess, Reed Birney, Robert Schenkken, Susannah Stuhlman, The Great Society
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Made in Detroit
I love Detroit. I loved it as a child hearing my father’s automotive tales of his home city. I loved it through every era depicted in Jeffrey Eugenides Middlesex, even the 1967 riots. I’ve loved flying in and out of … Continue reading
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Tagged Detroit, Detroit Tigers, Jeffrey Eugenides, Made in Detroit, Middlesex, Shinola, Woodward Avenue
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Larry Summers is Nearsighted
The third in a series of posts inspired by What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael J. Sandel. When Larry Summers was the President of Harvard, one day he opened Morning Prayer at Memorial Chapel with … Continue reading
Abby Joins the Peace Corps
Nearly forty years ago, as a Bachelor of Civil Engineering seeking a 180-degree break from academia before pursuing graduate school, I applied to ACTION, the 1970’s-era aggregation of government service efforts that included the Peace Corps, VISTA, and a smattering … Continue reading
The Costco Workout
Being late the party, what can I say about my first trip to Costco that has not already been said? The bargains are good, the quantities obscene, and the clientele value-driven. It’s only been a few years since I ventured … Continue reading
Rumblings of Revolution
In 1977 I spent beautiful spring afternoons in an overheated classroom with a view of a trash compactor in MIT’s nondescript Building 12 snoozing through Urban Sociology, the last of my Humanities requirements and perhaps the most boring course ever … Continue reading
Fifty Years On – Can We Recapture the Spirit of Peace?
Fifty years ago today President John F. Kennedy gave the commencement address at AmericanUniversity that announced steps towards peace with the Soviet Union. Although the speech lacks a singular punch line such as ‘Ask not what your country can do, … Continue reading
The Queen of Versailles
My definition of a good movie is – do I wake up thinking about it the next morning? According to this criterion, Queen of Versailles is one of the best movies ever made because I can’t get it out of … Continue reading
US and China – Going Green
The United States is going green, albeit in fits and starts, with modest increases in automobile fuel efficiency, a smattering of wind power, and a shrugging acceptance of electric cars. Conservation is not a word that falls easily off the … Continue reading
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Tagged China, climate, climate change, emissions standards, fracking, Green, Nanjing, pollution, United States
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